Julia Hammond: Managing Director, Heat (a Deloitte company)

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Episode Guest: Julia Hammond

Julia Hammond joined Deloitte in 2019 to open the Chicago office of their creative agency, Heat. A San Francisco-based independent before acquisition in 2016, Heat Chicago will be the fourth office in the US, having expanded to New York and Seattle over the last two years. Julia is a proven team builder, a community servicing do-gooder, a wife, mom, and real estate entrepreneur.

Prior to joining Heat, as executive director, North America at VMLY&R, Julia managed client engagement talent and business across the Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati offices. She was also a WPP Global Team Leader, overseeing an integrated “horizontal” team comprised of talent from Ogilvy, Mindshare, VMLY&R and Cavalry on behalf of Tyson Foods.

While at VMLY&R Julia’s portfolio of offices handled brands such as Microsoft, Skyy Vodka, Amazon, Kraft-Heinz, Unilever, and Mars. The work ranges from big bold brand campaigns, to efficient scaled content production; from ecommerce and optimization to digital transformation. Julia strives to build brands that equally create emotional connections, and add value to people’s lives.

Over the course of her career, Julia spent time at Leo Burnett and Fallon, where she led the network of Publicis agencies throughout Central America, South America, and Mexico for Nestle. And before her adventures abroad, Julia spent several years at FCB Chicago, New York, and Southern California working on iconic brands like Sharpie and Starbucks; she even “Let the good times roll” with Kawasaki Motorsports.

What sets Julia apart is her ability to transform pretty much any situation, into a fun, collaborative, energetic one. Her sense of humor and resilience has helped her thrive in the agency world, and her commitment to talent development has helped her build an army of loyal partners, mentees, and co-conspirators throughout her career. Julia feeds off of positivity and has an insatiable hunger to lift others up.

Julia lives in Chicago with her husband, two kids, and geriatric french bulldog.

Listen to hear more about Julia's story:

• 1:10 | Getting to know Julia and how she got into advertising.
• 5:20 | The Chicago Improv scene and exploring self-confidence.
• 13:00 | How Julia’s shaking up the advertising industry.
• 22:25 | Changing jobs with two little ones.
• 26:10 | Keeping the balance happy in the household.
• 33:50 | Making time for your other half.
• 39:30 | Making time for yourself.
• 44:25 | Lightening Round!
• 1:03:33 | Biggest Mom oops.
• 1:07:05 | What’s next for Julia.

Links mentioned:

Instagram @hammonaca, Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliafhammond/

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Producer: Kendra Martinez

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